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“But for the bulk of England, the eastern parts of Wales and much of eastern and southern Scotland it’s another dry and bright day and it will be a bit warmer than Thursday even though there won’t be quite as much sunshine around.

“The winds again will come up from the south, bringing milder air.

“However it will still feel pretty cold across northern Scotland, especially in the Aberdeenshire coastline with the wind off the sea it will be just six or seven Celsius.

“Elsewhere it will be generally 10 or 11 degrees, it won’t feel that mild in Northern Ireland with the rain but the warmth will start to get going across parts of the midlands, maybe north-west England and certainly down across the south-east we could easily see temperatures from 13 to 15, maybe 16 and possibly even 17 degrees Celsius at where we hang on to some sunshine.”

However, Mr Deakin warned that a fresh weather system causing the Met Office “headaches” will bring horrifying downpours.

He explained: “Through Friday evening a band of rain will trickle its way through central parts of Scotland and a little bit across north-west England.

“But for many if you are heading away for the weekend no real issues on the roads, for many it stays dry.

“There will be more showers spiralling into Northern Ireland overnight on Friday night and western Scotland.

“We do have a waving weather front, when weather fronts wriggle and wave across the UK they always give the Met Office some headaches.

“The weather front will be a feature into the weekend, it will bring some rain to start the weekend across Wales, south-west England and then it will wind its way a little bit further north before perhaps trying to push away and then coming back across the south-east and East Anglia on Sunday.”

The meteorologist admitted that the weekend will be a “mixed picture” and that there is some uncertainty as to exactly where rain will plague parts of the UK.

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Britain is set to bask in 15 degree Celsius heat today

He went on: “This all adds up to a mixed picture for the weekend.

“This is fairly typical for this time of year, there will be some sunshine this weekend, but with that weather front around some places will see some heavy rain as well.

“It will be warm in the south-east certainly on Saturday but it may not last into Sunday with the threat of rain returning.”

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The meteorologist admitted that the weekend will be a 'mixed picture'

Bookmaker Coral currently has odds on for temperates to climb to 20 degrees Celsius or higher by the end of the weekend.

The company’s Harry Aitkenhead declared: “There hasn’t been much to cheer about weather wise for Britain yet this year but with the sun beginning to come out we’re pretty sure that by the end of this weekend we’ll of seen some much warmer climbs.

“We’ve seen a flurry of bets over the last few days on this summer to top the record books as the hottest ever, and whilst it may be people betting with their hearts over their heads you just never know.”